Category Archives: Q&As with Experts

Science Speaks sits down with Dr. Chris Ford, founding member of the organization International Doctors for Healthy Drug Policies (IDHDP), to discuss the goals of the IDHDP, what drug policies are most harmful, and where the need for drug policy reform is most urgent.

MSNBC “Hardball” host Chris Matthews interviewed Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease at the National Institutes of Health Dr. Anthony Fauci at a Capitol Hill briefing Tuesday in commemoration of 30 years of the AIDS pandemic, hosted by the Foundation for AIDS Research (amfAR).

The interview covers topics from the latest scientific developments in combating the disease, challenges to maintaining federal funding, and an assessment of President Obama’s leadership in the fight against AIDS.

Dr. Anthony Fauci speaks out on treatment as prevention, pre-exposure prophylaxis and the way forward

More details were fleshed out on several compelling studies finding antiretroviral treatment is effective in preventing HIV infection – two pre-exposure prophylaxis studies as well as a large study (HPTN 052) looking at treatment of HIV infected persons in stable discordant partnerships that showed significant protection for the uninfected partner.

Science Speaks addressed these new studies and other topics Monday evening with Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the National Institutes of Health, Dr. Anthony Fauci at the 2011 International AIDS Society meeting in Rome.

This question and answer session with Rebekah Diller, the deputy director of the Justice Program at the Brennan Center for Justice at the New York University School of Law, discusses the anti-prostitution pledge faced by grantees of the U.S. President’s emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). What is the anti-prostitution pledge (also known as the […]